Firas A.

Certified Lead Auditor with 4+ years of experience designing and operationalizing EU-compliant Integrated Management Systems across hydrogen, medical devices, energy, manufacturing, chemicals, cybersecurity, and food sectors. Proven ability to bridge engineering, regulatory, IT, and operations to enable safe innovation, certification success, and scalable industrialization.

Core Experience & Impact

ISO 9001 / QMS Leadership: Built full QMS architectures from the ground up, including process maps, SOPs, WIs, forms, R&R, RASCI, document control, KPIs, management reviews, risk-based thinking, CAPA systems, supplier governance, and multi-site certification readiness.

ISO 27001 / ISMS & IMS Integration: Implemented Annex A controls, information risk management, SoA, asset classification, incident response, and business continuity frameworks; integrated ISMS into ISO 9001-based IMS with unified audits, records, and governance.

Regulatory, Risk & Compliance Engineering: Developed enterprise and product-level risk frameworks including FMEA, HACCP, ATEX, Machinery, REACH, GDPR DPIAs, NIS2 cybersecurity risk, and safety lifecycle governance for regulated industrial systems.

Design Control & Industrialization: Managed full design verification/validation, production readiness, supplier qualification, change management, and lifecycle compliance for hydrogen power units and advanced energy systems.

Audits & Certification: Certified Lead Auditor for ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 27001; led internal, supplier, regulatory, and notified body audits, CAPA programs, and certification closures.

Cross-Border R&D & Partnerships: Led international collaborations with Airbus (FR), Rheem (USA), and ENTRANCE/Groningen, enabling compliant innovation and market entry.

Leadership & Enablement: Mentored engineers and interns; supported technical sales, tenders, grants, and industrial partnerships by translating regulatory compliance into business value.

• Development of innovative and novel techniques for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery, CH4:CO2:H2O, and Hydrogen projects, that are relevant to the adsorption process and electro-thermal techniques, related to separation, purification, and storage.

• Investigation of extraction and fracking of shale formations using supercritical fluids, particularly ScCO 2 and other enhancers.

"Total and Partial Components Uptakes for Binary and Ternary Mixtures of CO2, CH4, and H2O on Molecular Sieve Zeolites". The fabrication and development of a newly designed and novel process for the separation and analysis of binaryand ternary CO2:CH4 :H2O mixtures, which is crucial for natural gas dehydration and purification at off-shore applications. Lab management, process safety, training and workshops for FYPs and internships, and provide seminars. Newly synthesized materials and characterization of polymers, design of process and prototypes. The role successfully concluded with several Q1/Q2 journal publications, One (1) Patent, and Scopus conference attendances. Participated as Co-PI in various projects related to natural gas separation and purification via adsorption, absorption, and membrane technologies.